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(43) Date of publication: 08.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/10 (21) Application number: 98921228.7 (22) Date of filing: 15.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B01D 39/08, B01D 46/52, B32B 5/06 (86) International application number: PCT/US9809/966 (87) International publication number: WO 9852/672 (26.11.1998 Gazette 1998/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 23.05.1997 US 862721 (71) Applicant: Reemay inc. Old Hickory, TN 37138-3651 (US)	(72) Inventor: MURPHY, William, F., Jr. Wilmington, DE 19810 (US) (74) Representative: Mouget-Goniot, Claire et al Cabinet Orès,6, Avenue de Messine 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)